Possibly the Mayor’s Advisory Committee?
Ohhh, a good rumor is always fun. People have been slipping me names all weekend and I think we have a list of potential members of the Mayor's LGBT Advisory Committee. Details forthcoming …
Month: September 2009
Sister ShOUT has a webpage
Check out our webpage at http://sistershout.outonline.com/ I'm hoping we can add some great links to topics we discuss on our show.. Sunday, September 13 tune in for a lively discussion on the history of LGBT character and defining moments on broadcast television. Our guest will be media maven and City Paper television critic Fran Monaghan. […]
Random G-20 Question
There's a guy who takes an evening bus to work to clean a City office building for a little more than minimum wage. He's a little afraid since the evening hours are anticipated to be the most confrontational. Since he's not a City employee or a unionized employee, he has no choice. His fear makes […]
Since it came up in the comments section …
First, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's LGBT Advisory Committee. Word from the Mayor's office is that an official announcement is imminent. Now, this is what they told me in early August so frankly, I'm skeptical EXCEPT that it will be a nice little quasi-progressive pre-election move on the part of the campaign. What we should be wondering […]
Women Candidates Disappearing
I had a great question sent to me privately about the my comment about female candidates disappearing with details on their very much alive campaigns. Here's what I wrote: (Yes, I realize that I complained during the endorsement meeting that all the women blended together, but I was probably onto something b/c they've all disappeared.) […]
Trib and 2 lines
The Trib mentions that the GLCC is moving.
A Challenge to the Mayoral Candidates
Sunday, September 13 is the date of the annual Steel City Stonewall Democrats Fall Barbecue (yes, the s;mores will return) featuring apppearances and speeches by politicians seeking LGBTQ support for their upcoming elections. The event runs from 2 PM – 6 PM. Ledcat and I will have to boogie out early due to the podcast, […]
Labor Day Musings about Seniors
As per usual Americana, we “celebrated” the holiday by breakfasting at a local eatery (yes, Hoi Polloi) and then going retail at Staples, Target, Best Buy and Giant Eagle. I tried to muster up some sympathy for laborers, but the customer service experiences at the Cedar Avenue Giant Eagle are very trying. Sigh. When it comes […]
Sister ShOUT! debuts
The debut episode just aired to viewers of GayLifeTV and OutOnline. The “official” Sister ShOUT page will be up in a few days so you can see the podcast. It was a lot of fun and thanks to a very organized team, pretty smoothy. Smoothiness. 🙂 I have a few links for you. Queer Events […]
Working out the Sister ShOUT kinks
Last night, Ledcat and I met with our producer – David from Gay Life TV and OutOnline.com. We made some slight adjustments to the show — launch time is now 7 PM, instead of 6:30 PM (make a note!). He gave us some background into the foray into gay online television and we ran down […]